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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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